hotfoot

[US]/'hɒtfʊt/
[UK]/ˈhɑtˌfʊt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. em alta velocidade, com pressa
vt. & vi. andar ou correr rapidamente (para um lugar)
Word Forms
Gerúndiohotfooting
Passado simpleshotfooted
Terceira pessoa do singularhotfoots
Particípio passadohotfooted

Example Sentences

hotfoot it out of town.

sair correndo da cidade.

he rushed hotfoot to the planning office to object.

ele correu apressadamente para o escritório de planejamento para objetar.

we hotfooted it after him.

nós o seguimos correndo.

People coming off work hotfooted it down the street.

Pessoas saindo do trabalho correram rapidamente pela rua.

The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready.

As crianças vêm correndo quando ouvem que o chá está pronto.

Once the police arrived, we hotfooted it out of there.

Assim que a polícia chegou, nós saímos correndo de lá.

Like Bernard Shaw, he has tickled his readers' funny bone with a cultural hotfoot .

Como Bernard Shaw, ele divertiu os leitores com um 'hotfoot' cultural.

Real-world Examples

I caught up with Anna, hotfoot from Somerset and also just back from covering the Nato summit.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

" No, but don't say it in front of a millionaire. He might think you were giving him the hotfoot" .

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

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